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Spring Forward: A Celebration of Women in Technology

This month Madgex were proud to be spon­sors of Spring For­ward — a month-long series of events cel­e­brat­ing the role of women in dig­i­tal cul­ture. With events run­ning through­out the whole of March, the aim of the fes­ti­val was to encour­age women to take a greater role in dig­i­tal, by pro­mot­ing dig­i­tal com­mu­ni­ty events organ­ised by women for women.

With an above aver­age rep­re­sen­ta­tion of women at Madgex there are a great num­ber of role mod­els. Although gen­der alone is no guar­an­tee for a role mod­el, a Swiss study clear­ly demon­strates some­thing fun­da­men­tal about the par­tic­u­lar effect of female role mod­els on women – we per­form bet­ter when we see that anoth­er woman is on our side.

My own career pro­gres­sion despite mul­ti­ple mater­ni­ty leaves and part-time hours at Madgex is proof of what can hap­pen with­in a diverse and pro­gres­sive work place, and where peo­ple mean everything.Add to this a great female senior man­ag­er on my side for the last 5 years, and you have the key to my own suc­cess­es. ’ or any­thing you might think sounds better.

And it doesn’t stop with women, flex­i­ble work­ing is inte­gral to the Madgex cul­ture, and there are just as many men as woman with­in the com­pa­ny that work part-time or com­pressed hours. Han­na Smith our HR Direc­tor points out ​‘each new moth­er has want­ed to return from mater­ni­ty leave on reduced hours con­tract. We haven’t ever refused this request — it just forces us to work more flex­i­bly and rise to the chal­lenge’.

We are proud to live and work in a city that pro­duces and hosts a cel­e­bra­tion to encour­age women to take a greater role in digital.

Thank you to all the amaz­ing event organ­is­ers, vol­un­teers, atten­dees and spon­sors for mak­ing the fes­ti­val hap­pen. And we hope to see you again next year.